142 JUDGING SHEEP 



TUNIS OR BROAD TAILED SHEEP. 



STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE ADOPTED BY THE AMERICAN 

 TUNIS SHEEP BREEDERS ASSOCIATION. 



SCALE OF POINTS. 



Blood 20 



Constitution 15 



Fleece 10 



Covering 10 



Form and Tail 12 



Head and Ears 10 



Neck 5 



Legs 6 



Size 6 



General Appearance 6 



Total 100 



Blood Imported from Tunis, or having a perfect line of an- 

 cestors extending back to the flock owned and bred by Judge 

 Richard Peters of Belmont, near Philadelphia, who received 

 his first pair from Tunis in 1779, and bred them pure for 

 more than 20 years. 



Constitution Healthful countenance, lively look, head 

 erect, deep chest, ribs well arched, round body with good 

 length. Strong, straight back; muscles fine- and firm. 



Fleece Medium length, medium quality, medium quantity, 

 color tinctured with gray, never pure white. Evenness through. 

 out. 



Covering Body and neck well covered with wool. Legs 

 bare or slightly covered; face free from wool and covered with 

 fine hair. 



Form and Tail Body straight and broad and well propor- 

 tioned. Small bone; breast wide and prominent in front. Tail 

 the little end should be docked, leaving the fleshy part fan 

 shaped, or tapering; five or ten inches broad, six or eight 

 inches long and well covered with wool. 



Head and Ears Head small and hornless, tapering to end 

 of nose; face and nose clean; in color, brown and white. Ears 

 broad, thin, pendulous, covered with fine hair; in color brown 

 to light fawn. 



Neck Medium in length, well placed on shoulders; small 

 and tapering. 



Legs Short. In color brown and white; slightly wooled 

 not objectionable. 



Size In fair condition, when fully matured, rams should 

 weigh 150 pounds and upwards; ewes 120 pounds and up- 

 wards. 



General Appearance Good carriage; head well up; quick 

 elastic movements, showing symmetry olf form and uniformity 

 of character throughout. 



